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(cut) : carve : to cut with care or precision carved fretwork cleave : to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : SPLIT : to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups (cf.)to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and dichotomize : to divide into two parts, classes, or groups disjoint : 1 obsolete ; having no elements in common disjoint mathematical sets. dissect : to separate into pieces ; to analyze and interpret minutely. : expose the several parts of (as an animal) for scientific dissever dissever : sever, separate: to come apart : disunite sever : to put or keep apart : DIVIDE; especially : to remove (as a part) by or as if by cutting slice : to cut with or as if with a knife : to stir or spread with a slice split : to divide lengthwise usually along a grain or seam or by layers; rend apart sunder : to break apart or in two : to become parted, disunited, : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space

( light) : airy : 1 , ;2 , 3 ;4 ;5 6 , (aerial);7 , ; 8 cobweb : like spider web; diaphanous : ; ; ; , (heavenly) ethereal : 1 (airy); ; ;2 , ;3 fibrous : [ ], ; gossamer : sheer; imponderable : weightless tiffany : a sheer silk gauze formerly used for clothing and trimmings : a plain-woven open-mesh cotton fabric (as cheesecloth)

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, / : confine : limit; imprison / n. a boundary or bounded region; border; SYN. limit constraint : compulsion; repression of feelings custody : imprisonment; care; protection; guardianship detain : vt. to keep in custody; to withhold detained: a) a keeping in custody; b) punishment in which a student is required to stay after school duress : forcible restraint, especially unlawfully fetter : shackle incarcerate : vt. to imprison; jail / to shut up; confine manacle : fetter or chain for the hands or feet / fetter with manacles ; restrain / obligatory : binding; required quarantine : isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection restraint : controlling force seclusion : a secluding or being secluded, retirement, isolation; isolation; solitude sequester : retire from public life; segregate; seclude shackle : chain; fetter stringent : strict, severe; tight, difficult; rigid

/ : arrogant : unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc bloated : swollen or puffed as with water or air brazen : insolent bumptious : self-assertive cavalious : haughty, arrogant; supercilious conceit : whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor contumely : scornful insolence; insult disdain : contempt ; scorn / look on with contempt ; treat with scorn or contempt domineer : rule over tyrannically elated : in high spirits ; proud / overjoyed; haughtiness : pride; arrogance hubris : arrogance; excessive self-conceit imperious : commanding ; haughty ; arrogant ; urgent / domineering imperiousness : lordiness; domineering manner; arrogance

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impertinent : insolent impudent :. 1 orig., immodest; shameless; saucy; insolent SYN. impertinent insolent : haughty and contemptuous lofty : very high mincing : affectedly dainty overweening : presumptuous; arrogant peremptory : not to be disobeyed or questioned ; dogmatic ; imperious; pert : impertinent; forward pontificate : presumption : arrogance; effrontery presumptuous : arrogant; taking liberties pretentious : claiming great merit or importance / ostentatious; ambitious smug : neat, spruce, trim, etc. / narrowly contented with one's own accomplishments, beliefs, morality, etc.; self-satisfied to an annoying degree; complacent stilted : bombastic; inflated supercilious : contemptuous; haughty vain : adj. without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, ; indulging in or resulting from personal n. vanity; conceited vainglorious: boastful; excessively conceited

/ : apprehensive : fearful about something; quick to understand ; perceptive; fearful; hypochondriac : one who suffers from morbid anxiety ; worrier without cause misgivings : doubts perturb : make afraid or anxious; disturb greatly qualm : a fit of nausea qualms : misgivings solicitous : anxious or concerned about someone's welfare; eager to help someone; worried; concerned

/ : appall : fill with fear or terror ; dismay ; shock deeply craven : cowardly dastard : coward daunt : intimidate

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diffident : not having belief in one's own abilities ; lacking in self-confidence ; shy dismay :vt. to make afraid or discouraged at the prospect of trouble or danger; to fill with apprehension or alarm; intimidate milquetoast : a timid, shrinking, apologetic person poltroon : coward pusillanimous : cowardly; fainthearted recreant : coward; betrayer of faith terrify timorous : fearful; demonstrating fear weak sister : one who is cowardly, unreliable, etc.

// : drone : idle person; male bee / talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee flaccid :1 . , (limp) ;2 , indolence : laziness indolent : habitually inactive or idle slack : lax sloth : laziness; slow-moving tree dwelling mammal slovenly : untidy; lax sluggard : a lazy person sluggish :inactive ; slow-moving / lazy; lethargic; supine : indolent ;lying on back torpor : lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; stasis truant :

/ : affected : artificial: pretended aggrandize :; exaggerate; increase or intensify blowhard : a very boastful and talkative person : braggart, boaster, vaunter bluff : n. 1. A high, steep bank,; a cliff with a broad face 2. an expression of self-confidence; braggadocio; bombastic : pompous; using inflated language braggadocio : boasting braggart : boaster

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) bravado : swagger; assumed air of defiance charlatan : quack; pretender to knowledge consequential : pompous; self-important distend : expand; swell out effusive :expressing excessive emotion; overflowing / pouring forth; flaunt : display ostentatiously fustian: pompous; bombastic gasconade : bluster; boastfulness grandiloquent : pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language hyperbole : exaggeration; overstatement inflate : make proud or elated inflated : enlarged with air or gas; exaggerated magniloquent : boastful; pompous mountebank : charlatan; boastful pretender orotund : having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech ostentatious : done for unnecessary display ; showy; pretentious panache : flair, flamboyance panegyric : high or hyperbolic praise ,laudation; formal praise peacock : pomposity: self-important behavior; action like a stuffed shirt pretentious : claiming great merit or importance / ostentatious; ambitious stilted : bombastic; inflated strut : pompous walk / supporting bar tumid : swollen; pompous; bombastic turgid : swollen; distended vaunt : cf. vaunter ; vaunted ;boasted; bragged; highly publicized

  

/ : affinity : a close relationship ; likeness ; strong liking or attraction; kinship apt : ept bent : determined; natural talent or inclination / strongly inclined or determined: disposition : an inclination or tendency [a disposition to quarrel] endearment : fond statement gusto : enjoyment; enthusiasm inclination : incline : slope; slant leaning partial

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) partiality : inclination; bias penchant : strong inclination; liking predilection : special liking ; mental preference; partiality; preference predisposition : proclivity : a natural or habitual tendency / natural tendency proneness : propensity : a natural inclination or tendency tendency tendentious : having an aim; designed to further a cause

  

/ / : ablution : the act of washing one's body or a part of it as a religious ceremony chaste : pure, free from obscenity; decent disinfection : expurgate : censor from a book what is considered to be improper / clean; hygiene : immaculate : pure ; faultless ; spotless; perfectly clean / spotless impeccable : faultless ; incapable of doing wrong lave : wash pristine : the characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled purge : clean by removing impurities; to clear of charges purify sanitation sterilization

/ : coda : concluding section of a musical or literary composition epilogue : peroration, prologue ; last part of a literary work ; short speech at conclusion of dramatic work interminable : endless ; unable to be ended ; tedious because too long prorogue : dismiss parliament; end officially terminate : bring to an end ; come to an end / to bring to an end truncate : cut the top off

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() : dawdle : be slow, waste time / loiter; dissipate : squander extravagant fritter : waste improvident : not looking to future needs ; wasteful / thriftless lavish : liberal; wasteful loiter : hand around; linger niggle : spend too much time on minor points; carp prodigal : wasteful ; too free in giving or spending ; abundant; wasteful; reckless with money cf.) n. prodigality profligacy : shameless viciousness profligate : profligate person / shamelessly immoral ; reckless, extravagant; dissipated; wasteful; profuse : very plentiful or abundant ; lavish or extravagant ; giving generously profusion : lavish expenditure; overabundant condition spendthrift : squander : waste thriftless unthrifty waster : wastrel : profligate

/ / : altercation : quarrel or noisy argument; wordy quarrel bicker : quarrel; to quarrel vi. 1 to have a petty quarrel; squabble brabble : vi.[Archaic] to quarrel noisily over trifles / n. quarrelsome chatter contend : struggle ; be in rivalry or competition ; argue / compete; assert earnestly contentious : quarrelsome contest : dispute controvert : dispute about ; deny, oppose ; contradict disputatious : argumentative; dispute : to argue; debate haggle : argue or dispute especially the price of something / argue about prices incontrovertible : that cannot be disputed / indisputable moot : debatable polemic : controversy; argument in support of point of view polemical :

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) problematic : perplexing; unsettled; questionable spat : a brief, petty quarrel or dispute /SYN. quarrel squabble : to quarrel noisily over a small matter; wrangle/ n. a noisy, petty quarrel or dispute tiff : a slight fit of anger or bad humor; huff; pet/ a slight quarrel; spat vi. to be in or have a tiff wrangle : a noisy or angry argument / quarrel;

  

/ / : acidulous : sour: sharp; caustic Slightly sour;. bilious : suffering from indigestion; irritable crabbed : sour; peevish adj. peevish; morose; ill-tempered; cross cumbersome : burdensome ; heavy and awkward to carry / hard to manage fastidious : difficult to please; squeamish finicky : too particular; fussy fractious : irritable, peevish, bad-tempered / unruly intractable : unruly or stubborn ; not easily controlled; unruly; refractory malcontent :a person who is not contented to existing state of affairs martinet : strict disciplinarian meticulous : excessively careful morose : ill-humored; sullen mutinous : unruly; rebellious recalcitrant : obstinately stubborn refractory : willful ; not yielding to treatment ; unmanageable restive : unmanageable; fretting under control ; hard to control; unruly; shrew : scolding woman squeamish : easily upset; easily nauseated; queasy prudish ; fastidious; touchy : sensitive; irascible; sensitive; irritable unruly : not easily controlled ; disorderly / disobedient; untoward : unfortunate; annoying

/ : besmear : besmirch : defile vt. 1 to make dirty; soil 2 to bring dishonor to; sully

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blotch : n. 1 a discolored patch or blemish on the skin 2 any large blot or stain blur brindled : tawny or grayish with streaks or spots dappled : spotted defile : make something dirty ; destroy the purity of; pollute; profane disheveled : untidy filthy fleck : spot frowzy : slovenly; unkempt; dirty moldy : mottled : spotted motley : piebald : mottled; spotted pied : variegated; multicolored slovenly : like a sloven / untidy; careless in work habits smear sordid : filthy; base; vile squalid : dirty; neglected; poor squalor :, ; , tainted : contaminated; corrupt unkempt : untidy ; uncombed / disheveled; with uncared for appearance

/ : abash : embarrass, to destroy the self-confidence; disconcert; addle : 1. rotten as eggs (=putrid) 2. muddled; 3. crazy ; unfruitful or confused; agitation :, anxiety ; social or political unrest or trouble; excitement; anarchy : absence of government or control ; disorder ; confusion baffle : frustrate; perplex; to confuse bedlam : 1.madhouse;2. any place or condition of noise and confusion confound : 1 to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; confuse 2 to make feel confused; bewilder consternation : surprise and fear ; dismay deranged : insane disarray : a disorderly or untidy state discombobulate : to upset the composure of; disconcert embroil : to throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle

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fluctuate : move up and down fluster : confuse fuddle : ; ; (tipple) ; n. ; ; imperturbable : not capable of being excited ; calm / placid maelstrom : whirlpool , eddy muddle : muddled state, confusion of ideas ; confuse; mix up obfuscate : darken or obscure the mind ; bewilder; confuse; muddle oscillate : vibrate pendulum; waver pandemonium : wild and noisy disorder / wild tumult perturb : disturb ; make afraid or anxious; disturb greatly ruffled : 1 ; ; 2 ; ; trepidation : fear; trembling agitation turmoil : confusion; strife cf. tumult : confusion, vacillation : fluctuation; wavering welter : wallow / turmoil; bewildering jumble

/ / : accede : agree ; take up a position ; succeed ; become a member of an organization accolade : bestow of a knighthood; praise ; approval; award of merit accord : the state of being in agreement or harmony; to be in harmony; acquiesce : to assent tacitly ; or comply silently or without protest agree passively assent : agree to something; accept compact : n. agreement concur : agree, be in harmony ; happen at the same time ; work together conformity : harmony; agreement congruence : correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship congruous : congruent ; corresponding to what is right, proper; suitable; appropriate consort : associate with ; n. spouse seconder : supporter, assenter, sponsor, unanimity : complete agreement or unity uniformity : sameness; consistency; monotony unison : concord or agreement ; unity of pitch; complete accord

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) () : articulate : say words or speak distinctly ; effective; distinct babble : chatter idly drone : 1.a idle person; 2.male bee ; 3. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee eloquent : expressive enunciate : speak distinctly glib : fluent; spoken easily but with little thought ; fluent loquacious : talkative mumble : murmur ; mutter: ; ; ,

  

prattle : speak like a child; babble stammer: stutter verbiage : unnecessary words for the expression of an idea/ pompous array of words voluble : loquacious ; able to talk very quickly and easily ; fluent ; rotating / glib verbose: wordy :

// : austere : strict; stern brevity : shortness of statements; conciseness concise : brief ; giving much information in few words; brief and compact curt : short or shortened / brief, esp. to the point of rudeness; terse or brusque epigrammatic : of the epigram or full of epigrams; terse, witty, etc. Also laconic : brief and to the point pithy : concise; meaty proverb quip reticent : in the habit of saving little; reserved; uncommunicative, inclined to silence sententious : dull and moralizing ; terse; concise; aphoristic succinct : terse ; expressed briefly and clearly; brief; terse; compact taciturn : habitually silent; talking little terse : concise; abrupt; pithy vignette : picture; short literary sketch

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/ / : amicable : done in friendly way ; peaceful amity : friendship bonhomie : good nature; pleasant, affable manner; amiability convivial :gay ; cheerful ;festive; characterized by joviality debonair : friendly; aiming to please jaunty : stylish; perky; carefree jocund : merry ;gay, jovial : good-natured; merry resilient :bouncing back into shape, position; buoyant in disposition / elastic; sanguine : hopeful ; optimistic ; having a red complexion; cheerful; hopeful spruce : neat and trim suavity : urbanity; polish, elegance vivacious : lively, high-spirited, gay; animated; gay winsome : attractive ; pleasing, bright / agreeable; gracious; engaging

/ : contravene : go against a law, a custom; attack a statement, a principle; infringe discordant : not in agreement ; not harmonious ; harsh / inharmonious; conflicting discrepancy : difference ; absence of agreement; lack of consistency; difference disparity : inequality ; difference / condition of inequality dissent : disagreement in opinion; refuse to assent to ; dissident : person who disagrees ; dissenter / disagreeing dissonant : divergent : get farther apart from a point; differing; deviating friction : clash in opinion; rubbing against incompatible : not the same; unagreeable implacable : that cannot be appeased ; relentless / incapable of being pacified incoherence : lack of relevance; lack of intelligibility incoherent : not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details incongruity : lack of harmony; absurdity cf.) incongruous: not fitting; absurd irreconcilable : incompatible; not able to be resolved oxymoron : paradox : schism : division; split

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/ / : atrophy attenuate : make thin or slender ; weaken debilitate : make weak; weaken; enfeeble debility : decrepitude : devitalize : drowsiness: effeminacy: enervate : deprive of strength, force, vigor; weaken physically/ weakened enfeeble : flabby flaccid : flabby flag: weaken; drooping impassive : showing no sign of feeling ; unmoved / without feeling; impotent : weak; ineffective indolent : habitually inactive or idle inertia : state of being inert or indisposed to move inertness lackadaisical : affectedly languid laggard : slow; sluggish languid: weary; sluggish; listless languor lassitude lax : loose, careless lethargy : a condition of abnormal drowsiness or torpor; being uninterested listless : too tired to show interest or do anything; lacking in spirit or energy loll : vi. 1to lean or lounge about in a relaxed or lazy manner ;droop phlegmatic : calm; not easily disturbed remiss :, careless of duty / negligent senility : feeblemindedness of old age sloth : laziness; slow-moving tree dwelling mammal sluggard : a lazy person sluggish : inactive ; slow-moving / lazy; lethargic; slow to respond somnolent : sleepy ; almost asleep ; causing sleep / half asleep stolid : dull; impassive

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stupor : almost unconscious condition caused by shock; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness supine : indolent, lying on back torpid : dormant; dull; lethargic torpor : (n. torpidity) lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy

/ : anesthetic : substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness apathy : indifference, callous : hardened; unfeeling impassive : showing no sign of feeling ; unmoved; not affected by pain insensate : without feeling insensible : unconscious; unresponsive opiate : sleep producer; deadener of pain soporific : causing to sleep; sleep producer stolid : dull; impassive stupefaction : a stupefying / stunned amazement or utter bewilderment stupor : almost unconscious condition caused by shock;; daze; lack of awareness torpid : dormant; dull; lethargic

: daredevil foolhardy : rash rash temerarious : rash temerity : boldness; rashness venturesome : bold

: arid ; dry; barren barren deluge : great flood ; heavy fall of rain flood ; come down on; flood; rush

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) desiccant : n.a. desiccate : dry up drain : water out drench : soak drought : exsiccate : dry up immerse inundate : flood ; cover with water by over-flowing ; deluge; overflow; flood parch : roast, scorch sear saturate : soak fully soak sodden : soaked; dull, as if from drink steep : soak

  

// : asinine : stupid buffoon : a clown bungler : a clumsy person dolt : a stupid person dupe : n. a person easily tricked or fooled ; vt. to deceive by trickery; fool or cheat farcical :funny n. farce fatuity : stupidity cf.) fatuous : a. foolish; inane folly : a lack of understanding, sense, or rational conduct; foolishness imbecile impolitic : not wise imprudent : lacking caution; injudicious inane : silly; senseless inept : not suitable to the purpose ; unsuited; absurd; incompetent jester : joker, clown lout : a clumsy person ludicrous : laughable; trifling mooncalf : oaf : stupid, awkward person obtuse : blunt; stupid puerile : childish

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schlemiel : schmo : simp : simpleton soft head stupe tomfool stultify : cause to appear foolish or inconsistent stupor : vacuous : empty; inane vapid : insipid; inane witless : foolish; idiotic zany : n. 1a clown or buffoon; 2. silly or foolish person; simpleton adj. a) comical in an extravagantly ludicrous or slapstick manner b) foolish or crazy

/ / : acumen : mental keenness; keen insight; shrewdness apprehensive : quick to understand ; perceptive; fearful; discerning clairvoyant : having the power of seeing things not seen by other persons ; discerning : mentally quick and observant; having insight epiphany : any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity erudite : having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading ;learned scholarly erudition : high degree of knowledge and learning judicious : showing or having good sense; wise; determined by sound judgment perspicacious : quick to judge and understand / having insight; penetrating; astute sagacious : keen; shrewd; having insight

// : contumacious : resisting authority ; obstinate and disobedient defiance : challenge; the act of defying; a challenge insubordinate : disobedient ; rebellious insurgent : a person engaged in insurgent activity / rebellious ; rising in revolt ; insurrection : rebellion; uprising

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malcontent : a person who is not contented / discontented and inclined to rebel; mutineer : cf) mutiny mutinous : unruly; rebellious rebel : recalcitrant : obstinately stubborn restive : unmanageable; fretting under control ;balky, as a horse; unruly; refractory sedition : tumult, allegiance; resistance to authority; insubordination

/ : apostate : one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs convert perfidious : faithless ; treacherous / basely false / perfidy: violation of a trust proselyte : a person <= proselytize: convert to a religion or belief quisler : rattlesnake: recreant : coward; betrayer of faith renegade : person who changes his religious beliefs ; deserter; apostate tergiversation : evasion; fickleness traitor : treacherousness : vert: , ,

/ / : avert : turn away, turn aside ; avoid ; prevent; prevent; turn away balk :. something that obstructs or thwarts; check, hindrance; obstruct or thwart; foil circumvent : prevent a plan from being carried out, frustrate; outwit; baffle defer deterrent : something that discourages; hindrance encumber : get in the way of ; be a burden to ; choke up forestall : prevent another; prevent by taking action in advance hamper : obstruct hindrance :block; obstacle impede : hinder; block impediment : a thing which hinders ; an obstacle ; stumbling- block inhibit : hinder, restrain ; forbid / prohibit;

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obstructionist : pester : vt. to annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex preclude : prevent ; make impossible in advance; make impossible; eliminate procrastinate : delay action ; keep on putting off / postpone; retard slacken : slow up; loosen stymie ; ; present an obstacle; stump temporize : delay making a decision, stating one's purpose; act so as to gain time; thwart : baffle; frustrate

// : caprice : whim capricious : fickle; whimsical,, incalculable conceit : whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor cranky : irritable; cross / queer; eccentric/ unsteady irritable crotchety : eccentric; whimsical falter vi. to move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble / to stumble in speech; speak haltingly; stammer / to act hesitantly; show uncertainty; waver; flinch ; weaken [the economy faltered] fanciful : whimsical; visionary fantastic : unreal; grotesque; whimsical fickle : often changing ; not constant; changeable; faithless flux : flowing; series of changes mercurial : fickle; changing metamorphose : monotony : sameness leading to boredom mutable : liable to change ; likely to change / changing in form; fickle protean : versatile; able to take on many shapes quirk : startling twist; caprice tantrum : fit of petulance; caprice transition : a passing period from one condition, period, form, stage, activity, place transmute : change the shape, nature ; convert to something different vacillation : fluctuation; wavering vagary : caprice; whim vagrant vicissitude : change, especially in somebody's fortunes; change of fortune volatile : evaporating rapidly; lighthearted; mercurial

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waver : vi. to swing or sway to and fro; flutter / to show doubt or indecision; find it hard, or be unable, to decide; vacillate / to become unsteady; whimsical : capricious; fanciful; quaint

/ : abjure : renounce upon oath abnegate : to renounce (a right or privilege); 1. reject 2. to relinquish ; give up abnegation : repudiation; self-sacrifice contravene : go against a law, a custom; attack a statement, a principle; contradict; infringe on controvert : dispute about ; deny, oppose / oppose with arguments; contradict demur : 1.delay; 2.object desist : cease ; stop ; give up disavow : deny belief, approval or knowledge ; n. disavowal : denial; disclaiming discard disclaim : give up ; reject ; deny; disown; renounce claim to discredit : refuse to believe or have confidence in / defame; destroy confidence in; disprove dissent : disagreement in opinion / have a different opinion from ; flout : reject; mock gainsay : deny negate : n. negation= denial override : rebuff : snub; beat back rebut : to contradict renege : deny; go back on renounce: disown; abandon; discontinue; disown; repudiate repel : to drive or force back; hold or ward off ; refuse to accept, agree to repudiate : refuse to accept or acknowledge ; refuse to pay an obligation or dept; disavow revoke

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: avenge : nemesis : revenging agent; foe reprisal : injury or revenge in return by one country to another in a war; retaliation requite : repay; revenge retaliate : repay in kind usually for bad treatment vendetta : feud; private warfare vengeance :n. the return in punishment or retribution; revenge

/ apparent elucidate : explain ; make clear ; enlighten; to make understandable evince : show that one has a feeling, quality, etc.; show clearly explicit : clearly stated and leaving nothing implied ; outspoken ; definite; open incontrovertible : indisputable indisputable : unquestionable / too certain to be disputed indubitable : that cannot be doubted; unquestionable limpid : clear lucid : clear ; lucent; bright; easily understood manifest : understandable; clear noncommittal : neutral; unfledged; undecided overt : open to view ; not concealed palpable : that can be touched ; clear to the mind; tangible; easily perceptible patent : open for the public to read; obvious pellucid : transparent; limpid; easy to understand perspicuous : plainly expressed tangible : clear and definite ; real; able to be touched; real; palpable transparent : allowing light to pass through ;definite, easily detected unequivocal : clear, having one only possible meaning / plain; obvious unerringly : plain; obvious

/ / : dim filmy : hazy : obscur: vague

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) murky : nebulous : cloudy; hazy opaque : dark; not transparent sooty turbid : having the sediment disturbed

  

/ : abusive : using insults and curses ; coarsely insulting; physically harmful admonish : blame or scold gently ; warn ; give advice to someone; warn: reprove affront : insult someone openly and on purpose ; meet death face to face anathema : condemning something as evil; solemn curse anathematize : curse animadvert arraign : charge in court; indict aspersion : 1.the act of sprinkle water ; 2.slander; slanderous remark assail : assault averse : unwilling ; opposed / reluctant berate : scold sharply / scold strongly ; vt. to scold or rebuke severely billingsgate : vituperation; abusive language blasphemous : profane; impious bluster : n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. ; 2.tumult; turbulence; confusion; calumniate : slander calumny : malicious misrepresentation; slander castigation : punishment; severe criticism censorious : critical; faultfinding censure : blame; criticize chastise : punish chide : scold condemn : regard with contempt; disregard contempt : scorn; disdain contumely : scornful insolence; insult culpable : blame worthy, deserving punishment; deserving blame decry : disparage defamation : slander / harming a person's reputation

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defame : to slander denigrate : blacken denounce : condemn; criticize deprecate : feel and express disapproval of; disapprove regretfully deprecatory : disapproving derogatory : tending to damage or take away from one's credit, etc. ; insulting; despise : scorn detest detraction ; slandering; aspersion diatribe : bitter scolding; invective disapprobation : disapproval; condemnation disapproval disdain : contempt ; scorn ; be too proud; treat with scorn or contempt disparage : belittle excoriate : flay; abrade execrable : deserving hate ; abominable ; very bad execrate : curse; express abhorrence for expletive : interjection; profane oath flak : n. the fire of antiaircraft guns;strong, clamorous criticism, opposition flout : reject; mock fulminate : thunder; explode n. fulmination gibe: mock hireling : one who serves for hire (usually contemptously) hurl : to throw or fling with force or violence / to utter vehemently [to hurl insults] hypercritical : finding too much to criticize / excessively exacting ignominy :1. shame and dishonor; infamy 2 disgraceful, shameful, or contemptible behavior, or act imprecate : curse; pray that evil will befall imprecation : a curse impugn : attack by argument or criticism; doubt; challenge; gainsay imputation : charge; reproach incriminate: accuse of a crime ; say that someone is guilty of wrongdoing indignity :offensive or insulting treatment invective : abuse language ; curses ; violent expressions inveigh : denounce; utter censure or invective libel : defamation cf.) libelous : defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person

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malediction : prayer to God that someone or something may be destroyed, hurt, etc malign : speak evil of; defame; to slander maul : mock mortify: humiliated ; overcome bodily desires; humiliate; punish the flesh mudslinger : nauseat objurgate : scold; rebuke severely obloquy : bad words spoken of a person or thing / slander; disgrace; infamy opprobrium : scorn ; reproach / vilification pan peacemonger pejorative : having a deteriorating or depreciating effect on the meaning of a word pelf : stolen property; money or wealth in a contemptuous sense rail : scold; rant rate rebuke: recrimination : accusation made in return for one already made ; countercharge; remonstrate : say or plead in protest, objection, complaints, etc. reprehend : reprehensible : deserving to be blamed; deserving blame reprimand reproach : blame; censure reprobate : 1.person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency 2. scold reprobation : severe disapproval reprove : find fault with ; say sharp words to; censure; rebuke revile : swear at, abuse; slander; vilify scathe slander : defamation; utterance o false and malicious statements slater : slight: slur: smear : sneer sordid : filthy; base; vile spurn : reject; scorn stigmatize : describe somebody scornfully; brand; mark as wicked

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) stricture : critical comments; severe and adverse criticism tirade : extended scolding; denunciation traduce : say untrue or malicious things about ; slander / expose to slander umbrage : resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult upbraid : scold; reproach vilifier: v. vilify = slander vituperate :

  

/ / : affected : artificial: pretended apocryphal : relating to the apocryphal ; not genuine; not genuine; sham artifice : deception; trickery astute :(-) wise; shrewd beguile : cheat ; amuse / delude; belie : give a wrong or untrue idea of ; contradict; give a false impression bilk : 1 to balk or thwart 2 to cheat or swindle; defraud ; elude ; hoax ; swindler bogus : counterfeit; not authentic cajole : coax; wheedle calumny : malicious misrepresentation; slander charlatan : quack; pretender to knowledge ; cf. shyster, imposter, swindler chicanery : trickery circumlocution : roundabout way of speaking; indirect or roundabout expression cog :1. tooth projecting from a gear; 2. trickery concoct : prepare by mixing together ; invent a story, and excuse, a plot, etc.; contrived : forced; artificial; not spontaneous cozen : cheat; hoodwink; swindle delude : deceive ; mislead delusion : false belief; hallucination delusive : deceptive; raising vain hopes devious : going astray; erratic disingenuous : insincere ; not straightforward / not naive; sophisticated dissemble :1.hide one's feeling, intentions, etc. ;2. disguise; ; pretend dissimulate : hide feelings, intentions by pretense ; pretend / conceal by feigning

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dupe : n. a person easily tricked or fooled ; vt. to deceive by trickery; fool or cheat duplicity elusive : evasive; baffling; hard to grasp equivocate : use vague expressions / lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth fabricate : build; lie factitious : artificial; sham fallacious : a) misleading or deceptive b) causing disappointment; delusive feint : trick; shift; sham blow finesse :delicate skill (-)(+) forswear : perjure oneself ; give up doing or using something fraudulent : cheating; deceitful furtive : stealthy gerrymander : change voting district lines in order to favor a political party gimmick gouge : 1.tear out; 2. deceive guile : deceit; duplicity guise : appearance; costume ; pretend gull : 1. seagull; 2. deceive hoax : trick; practical joke; a trick hoodwink : deceive; delude hypocritical : pretending to be virtuous; deceiving illusive : deceiving illusory : deceptive; not real imposture : assuming a false identity; masquerade improbity : dishonesty insidious : treacherous; stealthy; sly inveigle : lead astray; wheedle mendacious : lying; false mendacity : molten : made of metal that has been melted and cast nonentity : existing only in the imagination ; unimportant person / nonexistence perfidious : faithless ; treacherous ; basely false perjury : the act of making a false statement after taking an oath to tell the truth ; willful false statement; pharisaical : pertaining to the Pharisees; self-righteous; hypocritical ploy

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) pretentious : claiming great merit or importance / ostentatious; ambitious pretext : a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one / excise prevaricate : make untrue or partly untrue statements, try to evade telling the whole truth / lie quack : charlatan; impostor quibble : evasion of the main point of an argument; equivocate ruse : trick; stratagem shammer , shark 1. , , 2. , 3. , shrewd : clever; astute skinner : ; , skulduggery : dishonest behavior sleight : dexterity specious : seeming right or true, but not really so; seemingly reasonable but incorrect spieler : (barker), (swindler) spurious : false; counterfeit stratagem : deceptive scheme studied subterfuge : pretense; evasion subtlety : nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy surreptitious : a secret, stealthy way, clandestine swindle tortuous : full of twists and bends ; not straight forward, devious; winding; vulpine : of or like a fox ; crafty wangle : wiggle out; fake welsher : wheedle : cajole; coax; deceive by flattery wily : cunning; artful

  

// : abscond : go away suddenly and hide / depart secretly and hide abstruse : 1.deep in meaning ; difficult to understand; obscure: profound: difficult to understand; recondite arcane : secret; mysterious

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cache clandestine : secret conclave : private meeting covert : secret; hidden; implied conundrum crabbed : peevish; morose; ill-tempered; cross;hard to understand because intricate cryptic : mysterious; hidden; secret enigmatic : obscure; puzzling esoteric : known only to the chosen few furtive : stealthy incognito: concealed under a disguised identity ; inconspicuous intricate : complicated ; difficult to follow or understand lurk obscure : dark; vague; unclear; darken; make unclear occult : hidden; mysterious ; supernatural ; mysterious; secret; supernatural privy : secret; hidden; not public profound : deep; not superficial; complete recondite : abstruse; profound; secret riddle skulk : move furtively and secretly subterranean surreptitious : done, got made, etc. in a secret, stealthy way, clandestine

/ : botch : 1. a swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; 2. a clumsy performance; bungle. blunder, blooper, flub, boner, bungle : spoil by clumsy behavior dismal : 1. depressing; 2. dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary 3depressed; miserable doggerel : poor verse fumble : 1. to handle (a thing) clumsily or unskillfully; bungle gauche : clumsy; boorish; impolite; awkward inept : wrong in a foolish and awkward way; unsuited; absurd; incompetent maladroit : not adroit ; clumsy ; tactless / bungling parody :1. writing intended to amuse by imitating the style of writing ; travesty

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uncouth : rough, awkward, not cultured; outlandish; clumsy; boorish; rude in one's behavior

() : ballast : heavy substance used to add stability or weight barge : careen : lurch; sway from side to side caulk figurehead galley lurch porthole skiff tugboat

( ) armor clad : arsenal : n. all the weapons and equipment that a country has ; armory bulwark : earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends cavalier : n. 1. knight; 2. haughty; arrogant; supercilious; careless; arrogant ; chivalrous : honorable ; courteous / coirteous; faithful; brave dagger gauntlet : leather glove moat : motto : quiver : rampart : defensive mound of earth

/ : cantankerous : ill humored; irritable/bad-tempered; quarrelsome choleric : hot-tempered; bilious; irascible SYN. irritable crabbed : sour; peevish; morose; ill-tempered; cross /commplicated ; cranky : adj. in poor condition; irritable; cross ; queer; eccentric; crooked; unsteady cross : irritable; transverse; contrary; opposed; ill-tempered; cranky; unfavorable

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exasperate : vt. to irritate or annoy very much; make angry; vex ; aggravate fractious : irritable, peevish, bad-tempered ; unruly fretful : adj. tending to fret; irritable and discontented; peevish grate : vt. to grind into shreds by rubbing or scraping; to irritate; annoy; fret ; irascible : irritable; easily angered nag : vt. to annoy by continual scolding, faultfinding, complaining, urging; nettle : vt. to sting with or as with nettles/to irritate; annoy; vex peevish : adj. hard to please; irritable; fretful; cross; pester : vt. 1. to annoy repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex; petulant : touchy; peevish querulous : fretful; whining; inclined to find fault; peevish splenetic : spiteful; irritable; peevish touchy : sensitive; irascible; sensitive; irritable vex : annoy; distress; disturb, annoy, irritate; SYN. annoy

/ : dearth : scarcity deficiency : devoid : completely without ; lacking indivisible iota : very small quantity meager : scanty; inadequate minim: modicum : limited quantity nip : ( ) paucity : scarcity pinch : very small quantity scant : meager ; insufficient scarcity scintilla : shred; least bit soupcon : hint; taste whit :the smallest speck

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/ /: clapper :. diffuse :adj. 1. dispersed; not concentrated; 2. more words than are needed; garrulity : talkativeness garrulous : loquacious; wordy glib : fluent; spoken easily but with little thought ; chatterbox harangue : loquacious : talkative; magpie : newsmonger prate : speak foolishly; boast idly prolix : verbose; drawn out n. prolixity raconteur : story-teller rattlebrain : rattler : redundant : superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious screed : long, tiresome harangue verbiage : unnecessary words for the expression of an idea; pompous array of words verbose : wordy voluble : loquacious ; able to talk very quickly and easily ; fluent ; glib wordy

/ : brood chew cogitate :think over contemplate deliberate :consider; ponder meditation : reflection; thought mull muse : ponder ponder pore premeditate ruminate : chew the cud; ponder

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/ / : adjunct : 1. added or connected in a secondary or subordinate way ; temporarily employed; bivouac : temporary encampment capricious : fickle; incalculable cursory : quick ; hurried ; done without attention to details; casual; hastily done ephemeral : living for a very short time ; transitory; short-lived; fleeting evanescent : tending to fade from sight ; ephemeral; fleeting; vanishing fleeting flit : fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by makeshift meteoric : swift; momentarily brilliant palliation : act of making less severe or violent perquisite : any gain above stipulated salary provisional : tentative reprieve : postpone or delay punishment temporary; secular : 1.worldly; 2. temporal sojourn : temporary stay stopgap super : ( ) temporal : not lasting forever; limited by time; secular tentative : provisional; experimental transient : lasting for a short time only ; ephemeral ; fleeting; staying a short time transitoriness : impermanence waive : give up temporarily; yield

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/ / : acquiescence : submission; compliance acquiescent : accepting passively amenable : readily managed; willing to be led biddable complaisant : disposed to please ; polite ; complaint / trying to please; obliging compliance : readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements compliant : ready or disposed to comply / yielding conformity :; harmony; agreement deference : great respect; courteous regard for another's wish docile : easily trained or controlled; obedient; easily managed ductile insubordinate : disobedient ; rebellious lithe : flexible; supple malleable : capable of being shaped by pounding manageable meek obeisance : deep bow of respect or homage ; homage ; obedience, submission pliable :easily bent, shaped, or twisted ; easily influenced ; open to suggestion pliant recalcitrant : obstinately stubborn resigned : unresisting; patiently submissive submissive supple : flexible; pliant tractability : unruly : not easily controlled ; disorderly / disobedient; lawless yielding

artless : without guile; open and honest artlessness : simplicity; sincerity; innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness cherubic : angelic; innocent-looking guileless : without deceit ingenue : ; an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts ingenuous : frank ; open ; innocent ; natural; naive; young; unsophisticated

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) naive naivete : quality of being unsophisticated unfeigned : genuine; real

  

/ : disconsolate : unhappy at the loss of something ; without comfort; sad ; gloomy dolorous : sorrowful elegiacal : like an elegy; mournful funereal : sad; solemn grievous : creating affliction lachrymose : producing tears lugubrious : mournful maudlin : effusively sentimental mawkish : sickening; insipid plangent : plaintive; resounding sadly rheumy : pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes rueful : regretful; sorrowful; dejected snivel : run at the nose; snuffle; whine

/ : affray : public brawl bedlam : 1. madhouse; 2. any place or condition of noise and confusion blare boisterous : violent; rough; noisy brouhaha :n. loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub, uproar] clamorous clangor : loud, resounding noise commotion deafening din : continued loud noise ferment : agitation; commotion fulminate : thunder; explode obstreperous : boisterous; noisy piercing rambunctious

POWER VERBAL (
  GROUPING VOCABULARY) rattling raucous :harsh and shrill scaremonger : , sedition : tumult, allegiance; resistance to authority; insubordination seethe : be disturbed; boil squeaker: stentorian : extremely loud strident : loud and harsh tumult : commotion; riot; noise tumultuous turbulence : state of violent agitation turbulent : violent ; disorderly ; uncontrolled vociferous : noisy, yelling; clamorous

  

/ / : assiduous : working steadily, diligent ; eagerly attentive chary : cautiously watchful circumspect : cautious ; well-considered; prudent; cautious conscientious : scrupulous; careful; careful; honest discreet : judicious discretion : carefulness ; prudence ; ability to adjust actions to circumstances gingerly : very carefully judicious : showing or having good sense; wise; determined by sound judgment meticulous : excessively careful prim : very precise and formal; exceedingly proper providence prudent : acting only after careful thought or planning ; careful; cautious; careful punctilious : laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; precise sagacious : keen; shrewd; having insight scrupulous : conscientious; extremely thorough scrutinize : examine closely and critically unobtrusive : not too obvious or easily noticeable ; discreet / not blatant vigilance : watchfulness, keeping watch wary : cautious; very cautious

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~ : misanthrope : hater of mankind ; person who avoids society / one who hates mankind misanthropic: misogamist: person who hates marriage misogamy: hatred of marriage misogynist : hater of women misologist : , Negrophobe xenophobe : hate strangers, foreigners

( )/ : adulation : flattery; admiration blandishment : flattery cajole : coax; wheedle court : creep : cringe : shrink back, as if in fear cringing : crouch : encomiastic : praising; eulogistic fawning : courting favor by cringing and flattering flattery : fulsome : disgustingly excessive flattering grovel : crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate indomitable : unyielding ; that cannot be subdued or conquered / unconquerable ingratiate : bring oneself into favor in order to gain an advantage ; flatter; lackey : footman; toady obsequious : too eager to obey or advantage ; servile; sycophantic parasite : toady; sycophant sequacious : eager to follow; ductile servile : lacking in the spirit of independence ; obsequious; slavish; cringing snob : spaniel :( ), ,

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subservient : behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious succumb : give way to ; yield to temptation, flattery, etc. ; die; yield; give in; die sycophant :a servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence sycophantic : servilely flattering toady : flatter for favors truckle : curry favor; act in an obsequious way tuft hunter : , unctuous : oily; bland; insincerely suave wheedle : cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

/ : affray : public brawl altercation : quarrel or noisy argument; wordy quarrel bicker : 1. to have a petty quarrel; squabble ; 2. to flicker, twinkle; n. 1 a petty quarrel 2 a rippling bout : n. 1. a going and coming back again, as across a field in plowing; turn 2 a struggle; contest ; 3. a period of time taken up by some activity, illness, etc.; spell duel : feud : n. a bitter, long-continued, and deadly quarrel, between clans or families; fief fracas : brawl; melee fray : brawl spat : n. a slap/a quick, slapping sound; a brief, petty quarrel or dispute v.1[Rare] to slap/to strike with a quick, slapping sound/ quarrel squabble : vi. to quarrel noisily over a small matter; wrangle; vendetta : feud; private warfare wrangle : such an argument / take part in a noisy or angry argument / quarrel; n. herd cattle

: arrant : 1 that is plainly such; out-and-out; notorious [an arrant fool] 2. errant flagrant : conspicuously wicked infamous : disgraceful ; having a bad reputation ; wicked; notoriously bad

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notorious : widely known for something bad; outstandingly bad; unfavorably known outrageous reprehensible : deserving to be blamed; deserving blame

// : abhor : hate; detest utterly; loathe; abominate ; to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion anathema : solemn curse animosity : strong dislike or active enmity animus : hostile feeling or intent antagonism : active resistance antipathy : strong and decided dislike; aversion; dislike aversion : firm dislike baleful : deadly; destructive; harmful or threatening harm or evil; ominous; deadly calumny : malicious misrepresentation; slander contentious : quarrelsome enmity : condition of being an enemy ; hatred ; ill will; hatred execrate : curse; express abhorrence for gall : bitterness; nerve / annoy; chafe grudging : unwilling; reluctant; stingy inimical : hostile ; harmful; unfriendly; hostile malevolent : wishing to do evil or cause harm to others ; spiteful / wishing evil malicious : dictated by hatred or spite malignant : filled with a desire to hurt ; harmful to life, violent; virulent odious : hateful rancor : bitterness; hatred repugnance : loathing revulsion : sudden violent change of feeling; reaction; repulsion; aversion venomous : vindictive virulent : extremely poisonous

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/ / : acerbic : adj sour or bitter in taste ;acerb, astringent, sharp ; acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic adjuration : solemn urging. astringent : bittering; binding; causing contraction austere : strict; stern; stoic bleak : cold; cheerless; cold and bare cheerless ; gloomy dour : sullen; stubborn exacting : extremely demanding feral : ferocious : fiendish : grim grueling : exhausting implacable : that cannot be appeased ; relentless / incapable of being pacified inclement : stormy; unkind inexorable : unyielding; relentless; unyielding; implacable insensate : without feeling obdurate : stubborn, obstinate, inflexible ossify : change or harden into bone outrageous : pitiless : regal : of a king, royal ; characteristic of a king, splendid, stately, magnificent, relentless : without pity; cruel: harsh rigorous : uncompromising ruthless : pitiless severity : harshness; plainness sobersides : , taut : tight; ready truculence : aggressiveness; ferocity wanton : unruly; unchaste; excessive

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) : address : v. direct a speech to; deal with or discuss diatribe : bitter scolding; invective harangue : noisy speech impromptu : improvisation ; without preparation or advance thought; orator : peroration : conclusion of an oration speechifier : (, ) speechmaker , stump orator ( ) tirade : extended scolding; denunciation

  

/ ( ) : ebullient : bubbling, boiling ; overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; fanatic : a religious zealot fanaticism : excessive zeal freak rabid : like a fanatic; furious rhapsodize : to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner zealot : fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal; an eager, enthusiastic person; a fan-atic

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/ : adamant : a stone imagined by impenetrable hardness; rigid, unyielding, unbendable angular : sharp-cornered; stiff in manner bigotry : stubborn intolerance contumacious : resisting authority ; obstinate and disobedient dogged : not giving in readily; persistent; stubborn dogmatic : positive; arbitrary dour : sullen; stubborn froward : disobedience; perverse; stubborn headstrong : adj. determined not to follow orders, advice, etc. but to do as one pleases; self-willed impenetrable : not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding incorrigible : cannot be corrected because firmly established as a bad habit; indomitable : unyielding ; that cannot be subdued or conquered / unconquerable inexorable : unyielding; relentless; unyielding; implacable insubordinate : disobedient ; rebellious integrity :quality of being honest in character ; wholeness; purity; uprightness intractable : unruly or stubborn ; unruly; refractory mulish : like or characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, balky, etc. obdurate : stubborn, obstinate, inflexible obstinacy : stubborn adherence to opinion obstinate : stubborn; unyielding pertinacious : unyielding ; determined / stubborn; persistent perverse : willfully continuing in wrongdoing ; stubborn; intractable probity : uprightness of character, integrity, sincerity / incorruptibility rabid : like a fanatic; furious recalcitrant : obstinately stubborn refractory : resisting control, discipline; stubborn; unmanageable stalwart : strong, brawny; steadfast staunch : , (steadfast) tenacious : holding fast cf.) tenacity : firmness; persistency; adhesiveness unbridled : violent unflinching : unyielding; resolute; not flinching, yielding; steadfast; resolute untoward : 1.unfortunate; 2. annoying willful : intentional; headstrong

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// / : allay : calm: pacify alleviate : make pain or suffering less or easier to bear; relieve anodyne : drug that relieves pain; opiate appease : quiet an angry person, etc. ; satisfy in appetite ; pacify; soothe assuage : ease; lessen pain bate : let down; restrain conciliate : pacify; win over curtail : shorten; reduce deplete : empty until little or none remains ; use up ; exhaust; reduce; exhaust emollient : soothing or softening remedy extenuate : make wrongdoing less serious by finding an excuse / weaken; mitigate extenuating : impair : damage ; make worse or less, weaker / worsen; diminish in value lenitive lighten lull : moment of calm mitigate : appease mollify : soothe muffle : reduce(sound) pacify : calm and quieten, end violence in palliation : act of making less severe or violent placate : soothe ; pacify; pacify; conciliate propitiate : do something to take away the anger of ; appease relieve : remit : retrench : cut down expenses ; make economies / economize slacken : slow up; loosen soothe temper : restrain; blend; toughen unmitigated : complete, absolute / harsh; severe; not lightened wheedle : cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

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() : chivalrous : honorable ; courteous ; faithful; brave dauntless : bold doughty : courageous fortitude : calm courage in the face of pain, danger, or difficulty / bravery; gamely : plucky

/ : audacious : daring; bold; bold daring daring dashing dauntless : bold foolhardy : rash forward gallant imprudent : lacking caution; injudicious lion-hearted mettlesome plucky rash reckless unabashed undismayed valiant valorous

/ / : absolve : declare someone free from guilt or punishment; pardon an offense; absolution acquit : set someone free from a charge of crime or from duty ; behave ; conduct amnesty : a general pardon especially for political offenses against a government condone : overlook or forgive an offence; overlook; forgive countenance : 1.face; 2. support / give support, approval, or encouragement to; 3. approve; 4. tolerate

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discharge : dismissal emancipate : set free a slave, etc. ; release from bondage, servitude, or serfdom enfranchise : to admit to the rights of citizenship(especially the right to vote) exculpate : clear from blame exempt : free, clear, or released, as from some restriction affecting others exonerate : relieve of a burden, obligation; exculpate; acquit; exculpate immune : exempt, infection-free manumit : emancipate; free from bondage pardoner : , remission :1. ; 2. temporary diminution of a disease reprieve : postponement or remission of punishment, especially by death ; delay or respite / postpone or delay punishment ; temporary stay unfetter : unshackle venial : 1. forgivable; 2. trivial

// : downcast : 1 directed downward 2 very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected facetious : humorous; jocular farcical : , , n. farce jocose : giving to joking ludicrous : laughable; trifling malapropism : comic misuse of a word waggish : mischievous; humorous; tricky

/ / : circuitous : going a long way; roundabout circumlocution : roundabout way of speaking or expression; indirect or roundabout expression devious : going astray; erratic tortuous : full of twists and bends ; not straight forward, devious; winding; full of curves

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/ / : allure : entice; attract bait : harass; tease ; torment or harass with unprovoked, vicious, repeated attacks ; tease or goad, esp. so as to provoke a reaction ; lure; tempt; entice ; blandish coax debauch : corrupt; make intemperate decoy : lure or bait entice : lure; attract; tempt; to attract to lure incentive : that which incites, rouses, or encourages a person / spur; motive incubate : 1.hatch; 2.scheme: hoax inveigle : lead astray; wheedle wheedle : cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

: carnal : fleshly cf. dead body : cadaver, carcass, corpse, corporeal : bodily; material embody : 1. include, comprise ; 2. clothe a spirit with a body somatic :pertaining to the body; physical

/ / : bawdy debauch : corrupt; make intemperate ; debauchery : n. 1extreme indulgence; sensual pleasure; dissipated dissolute : loose in morals hedonism : belief that pleasure is the chief good incontinent : lacking self-restraint; licentious lascivious : lustful lecherous : impure in thought and act; lustful; unchaste lechery : gross lewdness; lustfulness lewd : lustful libertine : debauched person; roue ; rake libidinous : lustful

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libido : emotional urges behind human activity licentious : wanton; lewd; dissolute lustful obscene prodigal : wasteful ; too free in giving or spending ; wasteful; reckless with money profligacy : shameless viciousness profligate : shamelessly immoral ; reckless, extravagant; wasteful; licentious promiscuous : 1.lustful ; 2. mixed indiscriminately; 3. haphazard; irregular prurient : based on lascivious thoughts rakehell : ribald : wanton; profane salacious : lascivious; lustful spendthrift : sybarite : lover of luxury voluptuary : , voluptuous : gratifying the senses wanton : unruly; unchaste; excessive

/ : accord : the state of being in agreement or harmony; to be in harmony; to grant or bestow coincident : occurring at the same time compatible : in accord with ; able to live together in harmony ; suited to; harmonious; concord : agreement or harmony between persons or things concur : agree, be in harmony ; happen at the same time ; work together conformity : harmony; agreement congruence ( ) ; correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship consensus : general agreement of opinion, feeling, etc. ; collective opinion consonance : harmony; agreement consort : associate with; n. spouse harmonize jibe [Colloq.] to be in harmony, agreement, or accord reconcile : make friendly after quarrel; correct inconsistencies; to settle solidarity : symmetry: a balanced arrangement in size and form ; congruity

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) unanimity : complete agreement or unity unison : concord or agreement / unity of pitch; complete accord

  

/ / : adept : a person with great skill ; expert / highly skilled / expert at adroit : clever, skillful, ingenious or resourceful when dealing with problems agile ambidextrous : able to use the left hand or the right equally well ; unusually skillful ; astute : wise; shrewd deft : neat; skillful dexterous : skillful finesse : delicate skill ingenious : clever; skillful, precise manipulate : operate or handle with skill ; manage or control somebody or something skillfully or craftily; proficient : a person who has skill in special thing / skilled sleight : dexterity

/ / : diatribe : bitter scolding; invective harangue : noisy speech tirade : long vehement speech; extended scolding; denunciation

/ : anathema : formal declaration of the church, ; solemn curse execrable : deserving hate ; abominable ; very bad execrate : curse; express abhorrence for imprecate : curse; pray that evil will befall imprecation : a curse invective : abuse language ; curses ; violent expressions malediction : prayer to God that someone or something may be destroyed, hurt, etc

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  GROUPING VOCABULARY) / : adversary : opponent; enemy antagonist antipathy : assailant defier foe saboteur traducer villain

  

/ : artless : without guile; open and honest candid : straightforward candor : quality of being candid, saying freely what one thinks; frankness forthright : with directness guileless : without deceit ingenuous : frank ; open ; innocent ; natural; naive; young; unsophisticated outspoken probity : uprightness of character, integrity, sincerity / incorruptibility rectitude : honesty, upright or straight forward behavior / uprightness tortuous : full of twists and bends ; not straight forward, devious; winding; transparent : allowing light to pass through ; easily detected veracious : truthful veracity :truthfulness

/ : adore amorous: lovely apotheosize dais : raised platform for guests of honor deference : great respect; courteous regard for another's wish deify : turn into a god; idolize

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esteem : respect; value; judge; a favorable opinion ;respect estimable : worthy of respect homage : honor; tribute idolatrize : idolize; idolatry : worship of idols; excessive admiration obeisance : deep bow of respect or homage ; homage ; obedience, submission revere :to regard with worshipful veneration reverent : respectful tribute : 1. tax levied by a ruler; 2. mark of respect venerable : deserving high respect venerate: revere veneration :n.

/ / / : adhere: stick fast to ; support firmly ; remain faithful adherent : supporter; follower aegis : (Zeus Athena ) shield; defense alimony : payment by a husband to his divorced wife ancillary: serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary asylum : place of refuge or shelter; protection auspices : kindly endorsement and guidance; [syn: protection, aegis] benefactor : person who has given financial help to charitable institution; patron bolster : support; prop up; support, or reinforce n. 1 a long, narrow cushion or pillow; boost :vt. 1 to raise by or as by a push from behind or below; push up, lift 2 to urge others to support; promote; 3 increase power, brace bulwark : earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends buttress : support or prop champion : support militantly constituency : the voters in a district represented in a legislative body ;supporter, countenance : ,,, ; , ; , ; ,; , face; support / give support or encouragement to; approve; tolerate crutch duenna : attendant of young female; chaperone endorse : approve; support espouse : adopt; support

POWER VERBAL (
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/ : banal : commonplace ; trite; hackneyed; commonplace; trite banality : platitude, clich, commonplace, bromide, commonplace, bromide : n. a person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought clich : phrase dulled in meaning by repetition hackneyed : commonplace; trite humdrum : dull; monotonous mediocre : ordinary; commonplace mundane : worldly ; dull, ordinary; worldly as opposed to spiritual pedestrian : a. ordinary; unimaginative platitude : trite remark; commonplace statement plebeian : common; pertaining to the common people prosaic : commonplace; dull quotidian : existing everywhere; stereotyped : fixed and unvarying representation stock : a. , ; trite : hackneyed; commonplace

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/ : aperture : opening; hole debutante : young woman making formal entrance into society embark : commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey gambit : opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed genesis: beginning, starting point ; beginning; origin inaugurate : begin formally; install in office inchoate : recently begun; rudimentary; elementary; just started incipient : beginning; in an early stage initiate : begin; originate; receive into a group; to start; to begin instigate : incite ; goad someone to do something; urge; start; provoke overture : musical composition played as an introduction to an opera or preamble : introduction especially, to a formal statement / introductory statement preface preliminary prelude : introduction; forerunner threshold : ; , toddler: beginner

/ : abrogate annul : destroy the effect of a law, etc. ; do away with ; cancel / make void countermand : taking back / cancel an order by issuing a contrary order / revoke invalidate : make invalid / weaken; destroy nullify : to make invalid recant : withdraw or renounce beliefs; repudiate; withdraw previous statement renege : deny; go back on repeal rescind : repeal, annul, or cancel a law, contract, etc. rescission : abrogation; annulment retract retraction : withdrawal vitiate : spoil the effect of; make inoperative voider : ,

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/ / : abecedarian : apprentice : callow : unfledged; fledgling, youthful coltish : adj. of or like a colt; esp., frisky, frolicsome, etc. fledgling : young bird just able to fly ; young inexperienced person inchoate : recently begun; rudimentary; elementary infantile : childish; infant-like neophyte : person who has newly been converted to some belief or religion ; beginner; recent convert; beginner nonage : immaturity novice : beginner probationer rookie rudimentary : not developed; elementary sophomoric : immature; shallow; unfledged toddler : tyro : beginner; novice; a beginner

/ : accelerate : make something move faster, speed up ; catalyze : v : change by catalysis or cause to catalyze; of chemical compounds expedite : help the progress of ; speed up business, etc. facilitate : make less difficult foment : stir up; instigate foster : rear; encourage precipitate : throw headlong; hasten; headlong; rash

/ : acclaim : applause along with loud shouts; applaud; announce with great approval accolade : praise ; approval; award of merit adulate : To flatter in a servile way. flatter in an obsequious manner apotheosize

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commend compliment eclat : brilliance; glory encomiasitc encomium : very high praise / eulogy eulogistic : giving or containing high praise / praising eulogy : tribute ; high praise exalt : make higher in status, power, dignity, honor, wealth, etc. ; praise highly extol : praise highly; praise; glorify kudos : laud : to praise laudable : praiseworthy; commendable paean : song of praise or joy panegyric : a formal speech or writing praising a person or event ; high or hyperbolic praise, laudation; formal praise plaudit plauditory : approving; applauding proclaim : make known publicly or officially ; reveal, show rave : tout : publicize; praise excessively tribute : tax levied by a ruler; mark of respect vaunted : boasted; bragged; highly publicized

/ : acquisitive : eager to get and keep as one's own avarice : greediness for wealth avid : greedy; eager for covetous : avaricious; eagerly desirous of cupidity : greed devour : eat greedy gluttonous : greedy for food insatiable : that cannot be satisfied ; very greedy; not easily satisfied; greedy rapacious : excessively grasping; plundering revenous shark : , ,

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sordid : filthy; base; vile voracious :devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food ; very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit ; insatiable; ravenous

/ : crystalline diaphanous : transparent, translucent / sheer; limpid : clear lucid : clear ; lucent; bright; easily understood pellucid : transparent; limpid; easy to understand translucent : partly transparent transparent : allowing light to pass through ; about which there can be no mistake or doubt; easily detected

/ : captious : finding fault especially about unimportant points / faultfinding carping : cavil : make frivolous objections censorious: critical nitpick :, , , . querulous : adj. inclined to find fault; complaining / full of complaint; peevish; fretful; whining

/ / : aperture : opening; hole breach : breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap cleft : split cloven : split crevice : crack; fissure fissure : crevice hiatus : gap; pause interim : ; meantime interstices : chinks; crevices

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/ / : aplomb : poise composed : calm; tranquil; self-possessed equable : tranquil; steady; uniform equanimity : calmness of mind or temper; calmness of temperament equilibrium : balance halcyon : calm; peaceful imperturbable : not capable of being excited ; calm / placid placid : peaceful; calm quell : put down; quiet quietude : tranquility repose : rest ; sleep ; calmness ; quietness ; rest in death or a grave ; serenity : calmness; placidity tranquility : calmness; peace

/ : avert : turn away, turn aside ; avoid ; prevent; prevent; turn away dodge : avoid (blow) elusive : evasive; baffling; hard to grasp elusory : tending to deceive expectations; elusive eschew : avoid evade : evasive : not frank; eluding parry : ; ward off a blow shirk : shun : a condition of abnormal drowsiness or torpor ; a great lack of energy ; temporize :delay making a decision, giving an answer; act so as to gain time; avoid committing oneself; gain time welsher : ,

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: agronomist : scientist engaged in the management of land alchemy : medieval chemistry anthropologist : a student of the history and science of mankind archaeology : study of artifacts and relics of early mankind demography : the statistical science dealing with human populations dissertation : formal essay or THESIS divine : v. foresee / of God ; n. theolegian eclectic : a. n. selecting from various systems, doctrines, or sources ; ecologist : a person concerned with between living organisms and their environment entomology : study of insects erudite : learned; scholarly ; erudition : high degree of knowledge and learning ethics : science of morals ethnology : study of man etymology : study of derivation, structure and development of words eugenic : pertaining to the improvement of race ichthyology : study of fish jurisprudence : science of law jurisprudent : person who majored in law jurist : linguistic : pertaining to language magus : , metaphysical :of metaphysics, based on abstract reasoning meteorologist : related to weather. neologist : [] nomenclator : ( ) ; ( ) oceanologist oncologist ontologist oology ophiologist opsimath ornithologist scientific student of birds ornithology study of birds orthoepist

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orthographer osteologist otologist paleontology study of prehistoric life paranormal , pastiche : imitation of another's style in musical composition pathological : pertaining to disease pathology : science of diseases pedagogue : teacher; dull and formal teacher pedagogy : teaching; art of education pedant : scholar who overemphasizes book learning pedantic :showing off learning; bookish penologist :( , ) pensioner : , philology : study of the development of language, or of particular languages physiognomy : face physiological : pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms pluralism : propound : put forth for analysis provost : 1. superintendent) 2. college dean pundit : learned Hindu; any learned man; authority on a subject rector : , , rheologist rhetor , rhetoric :art of effective communication; insincere language rhetorical : bloated, pompous rhinologist : satire ; use of ridicule, irony, or sarcasm to expose folly, vice, etc. savant : scholar scholiast : sciolism : quackery; superficial information sectarian : 1.narrow-minded; 2. limited in scope seismograper seminarist 1. , . 2. sinologist sizar , . sociologist sciolist :

sophist : teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning

POWER VERBAL (
  GROUPING VOCABULARY) stargazer , , taxonomist : specialist in classifying (animals, etc.) tenure : holding political office; time during which such an office is held terminology : terms used in a science or art theologian : theology : study of the nature of God and of religious belief tuft ,

  

/ : auspicious : showing signs or promising good fortune, favorable; favoring success fluke : unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune fortuitous : accidental; by chance hap : chance; luck opportune : suitable, favorable ; good for a purpose ; timely; well chosen propitious : favorable ; well-disposed; favorable; kindly providential : lucky; serendipity : gift for finding valuable things not searched for windfall : fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event

/ / : accredit : acquiesce: approbation : approval ; sanction authenticate : prove to be genuine ; prove genuine corroborate : give support or certainty to a statement, belief, theory, etc.; confirm corroboration : affirmation, confirmation endorse : approve; support espouse: matriculate : , ratify : confirm an agreement by signature or other formality ; approve formally; sanction : approve; ratify validate : confirm; ratify

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/ / : aggrandize : make someone greater in power, wealth, rank, etc.; increase or intensify bracing : To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building. brawn : muscular strength; sturdiness brawny consolidate: strengthen ; unite or combine into one ; become solid or strong innerve : innervate invigorate potent : influential ; effective ; persuasive; greatly influential preponderance : superiority of power, quantity, etc. puissant : powerful; strong; potent sinewy: stalwart : strong, brawny; steadfast stoutness : sturdiness verve : enthusiasm; liveliness vitality vivacity vivify

/ : abhor : hate, detest utterly; loathe; abominate ; to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion abominate : loathe: hate abomination : a very detestable act or practice anathematize : curse animosity : strong dislike or active enmity antipathy : strong and decided dislike; aversion; dislike averse : unwilling ; opposed / reluctant aversion : firm dislike antagonistic : enmity : condition of being an enemy; particular feeling of hostility; ill will; hatred execrable : deserving hate ; abominable ; very bad execrate : curse; express abhorrence for ghastly : causing horror or fear ; pale and ill ; very unsatisfactory or unpleasant; horrible

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imprecate : curse; pray that evil will befall imprecation : a curse loath : averse; reluctant loathe : detest; to hate; to detest obnoxious : very disagreeable ; very unpleasant ; hateful / offensive odious : hateful odium : repugnance; dislike rancor : bitterness; hatred repellent : 1.n. any substance used to repel insects; 2. a. driving away; unattractive repugnance : loathing repugnant : distasteful ; causing a feeling of dislike or opposition repulsion : act of driving back; distaste revulsion : sudden violent change of feeling; reaction tedium : boredom; weariness

/ : bellicose : quarrelsome or hostile ; eager to fight or quarrel; warlike; belligerent belligerent : the powers that are waging war / waging war ; warlike, contentious : quarrelsome jingoism : extremely aggressive and militant patriotism martial : of war ; military ; brave ; fond of fighting; warlike militant : ready for fighting, warlike, bellicose ; engaging / combative; pugnacious : combative; disposed to fight ultramilitant :

// : accommodate : make fit ; kindly give someone what he wants ; reconcile disputes / oblige someone; adjust or bring into harmony altruism : unselfish aid to others; generosity amiable : good-tempered ; kind-hearted ; agreeable; lovable beneficent : doing good ; kindly benevolent : doing or inclined to do good ; kindly ; charitable; generous; charitable benign : kind, gentle ; mild ; not dangerous; kindly; favorable; not malignant benignity : state of being kind, benign, gracious

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bountiful : bounteous ; generous ; abundant / showing bounty giving freely and graciously; generous; provided in abundance; plentiful catholic : universal ; broad-minded ; including many or most things; broadly sympathetic; liberal clemency : disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather condescend :lower oneself ; behave graciously, but in a way that shows one's feeling of superiority; bestow courtesies with a superior air genial : favorable to growth ; mild ; warm ; kindly; sociable; kindly; friendly geniality : cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy humane : kind indulgent : inclined to indulge ; lenient or kind, often to excess; yielding; lenient leniency : mildness; permissiveness; generosity magnanimous : having generosity; generous munificent : extremely generous ; large in amount or splendid in quality; very generous obliging officious : very fond of giving unwelcome services or advice; meddlesome; excessively trying to please propitious : favorable ; well-disposed; favorable; kindly vouchsafe : grant condescendingly; guarantee

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